How accurate is HDTune?

Hi,
These 2 drives got tested using an external bay from Conceptronic (nothing fancy):
1/
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=140
2/
http://storage.toshiba.com/main.aspx?Path=StorageSolutions/2.5-inchHardDiskDrives/MK1637GSXPage
Here are the results:
http://www.pictourl.com/viewer/00114d65
and
http://www.pictourl.com/viewer/1cc3d9e3
Notice the SATA 1 and SATA 2 mark? Now, I know SATA 1 and SATA 2 doesn’t say much, but every 3gb/s transfer-specification is a SATA 2 specification. Am I right?
Answer #1
HD Tune is one of the worst apps I have ever come across (esp the trial version). HD Sentinel Pro is much better.
If you are using an external bay – how have you got that connected ? USB 2 ?
If using USB 2, then you won’t get SATA 3 speeds anyway, you can get a more accurate speed via using USB Deview.
If you have it connected another way, such as eSATA, then do shout out
*edit – Roadkil’s Disk Speed Version 2.0 is pretty good for accurate speeds,
Answer #2
Spinpoint F3 > Caviar Black > Barracuda
Answer #3
gilly replied: HD Tune is one of the worst apps I have ever come across (esp the trial version). HD Sentinel Pro is much better.
Thanks dude. Can I contact you in PM for some other tips I can get for testing software?
gilly replied: If you are using an external bay - how have you got that connected ? USB 2 ?
Yes, just ordinary USB 2.0. There hasn’t been a test runned with HD Tune (obviously it won’t get to max HDD speeds), but just to see the specifications modeln°, etc…
I will check out those apps you mentioned;
– HD Sentinel Pro
– USB Deview
– Roadkil’s Disk Speed Version 2.0
SmAsHeDr replied: Spinpoint F3 > Caviar Black > Barracuda
Ok.